Canada top court strikes down two tough-on-crime measures

OTTAWA, April 15 (Reuters) - Canada's Supreme Court on
Friday struck down two so-called tough-on-crime measures
introduced by the former Conservative government, ruling the
changes to sentencing practices were unconstitutional.

In the first case, the court ruled six to three that the
requirement of a one-year mandatory minimum prison sentence for
drug offenses violated the country's Charter of Rights and
Freedoms. In the second case, the court voted unanimously
against denying credit for pre-sentence time spent in custody to
those that had been denied bail.
(Reporting by Leah Schnurr; Editing by James Dalgleish)